If you were to capture the best communication advice you ever received as a five to seven word presentation slide title, what would it be? Don't fold your arms. I shall learn this from dinlin, whom i'm sure you know, who teaches imprav at stanford university. Andi we had him do a workshop in a d school class and each time he wouldike, tap someone on the wrist if the if they had their arms folded. folding your armsis away about being defensive. When you open your arms, your body shape is like a stance with which you operate. It's dropping your defences, staying open. So it allows for more authentic and honest back and forth
All communication comes from a place of creativity and creativity is rooted in design. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, strategic communications lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams interviews four authors from the Stanford d.school. Each conversation challenges convention in how we approach our communication, be it visual, body language, or speech.
Listen to this episode to hear more from Ashish Goel, author of Drawing on Courage; Susie Wise, author of Design for Belonging; Carissa Carter, author of The Secret Language of Maps; and Andrea Small, co author of Navigating Ambiguity.
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Show Notes
Interpersonal Dynamics, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Think Fast, Talk Smart with Sarah Stein Greenberg: "Ideas & Empathy: How to Design and Communicate with Others in Mind"